Rise of Australia

Chapter 470 The Influenza Is Coming
Before Australasia's plan to relocate the capital was officially implemented, the sudden report by the head of the Royal Security Intelligence Service, Batty, made Arthur change his face instantly, and urgently called a cabinet meeting, ordering all cabinet members to be present.

The Royal Security Intelligence Service obtained a large amount of war intelligence for Australasia during the war, and its current scale has also grown to a very large scale.

Thanks to the fact that Australasia is a colonial country, the intelligence officers of the Royal Security Intelligence Service can be Germans, British, Russians, or East Asians.

It can be said that the personnel of the Security Intelligence Agency can disguise themselves as civilians in most countries, which is also beneficial to the Intelligence Agency's intelligence exploration in Europe and America.

The information that changed Arthur's face came from the United States and some European countries.

Although the war has ended ahead of schedule, Arthur knows that there is another crisis that is more harmful than the war is coming.

According to Director Batty's report, as early as March and April this year, a rapidly spreading influenza occurred in the military barracks in Kansas, USA.

The symptoms of the flu this time were only headache, high fever, muscle aches and loss of appetite, and it was not harmful, so it was not taken seriously by the United States.

Until more than a month later, because of the convening of the Paris Peace Conference, the influenza spreading in the United States was brought to Europe, began to spread in France, and spread to Britain, Spain and other countries along with the Paris Peace Conference.

Director Batty suddenly felt bad, because this was very similar to the flu that Arthur had ordered at the time, which was first spread in the United States and Europe.

Without any consideration.Director Batty immediately asked to see Arthur and reported the latest situation of the current flu in Europe and the United States.

Although influenza has frequently appeared in countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Italy, it has not been fatal and has not received any attention from any country.

Everyone thought it was just a common cold, and even most people just took a little common cold medicine and ignored it.

Of course, there are also a large number of civilians and low-income people in areas where the flu is circulating. These people are even less concerned, after all, they do not have enough money to buy medicines.

If Arthur remembers correctly, the famous Spanish flu in history was actually the first to spread in the United States, and the first spread was not too harmful.

It was not until the second spread that the Spanish flu showed its dangers to the world and killed at least 2500 million people, which is more than the number of people who died in World War I.

Knowing that the pandemic might have broken out, Arthur didn't dare to have the slightest hesitation or doubt. He immediately convened a cabinet meeting and issued an order that Australasia entered a wartime state.

Arthur requested that most of the coastal ports be closed, and only a small number of ports should be kept to communicate with the outside world.

These ports that are still open need to be quarantined, and communication with non-open areas is not allowed for a short period of time.

At the same time, Arthur asked the government to prepare an order requiring all Australasians to self-check, and if they have flu symptoms such as headache, high fever, muscle aches and loss of appetite, they must immediately go to the isolation point set up by the government, and minimize contact with them as much as possible. contact with others.

In addition, almost all external passages are closed, including airship flights.

Only Arthur understands how exaggerated this flu is. If it is not taken seriously, it may reduce the population of Australasia by more than one-fifth at any time.

Under Arthur's order, the government quickly issued a notice to the outside world, and Australasia immediately entered a closed state.

In addition to receiving immigrants, keeping a few open ports is to ensure the supply of materials for overseas colonies.

After all, the major colonies also have a lot of people, so we can't let these people starve to death just because of this flu.

At the same time, under the urging of the Australasian government, the state government and cities began to set up quarantine areas away from the city, and called on people with symptoms to go to the quarantine area by themselves. The government will provide free accommodation and supplies.

For a while, Australasia took action because of the government's order, but it quickly caused a lot of panic among the people.

This kind of temporary state without any statement and strict control is the most frightening. No one knows what happened to the government and why it suddenly entered a wartime state after the victory of the war.

On May 1918, 5, the second day after Australasia entered military control, the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences contacted major media at home and abroad, and a shocking news broke out, that is, the A flu with a high fatality rate, and has become a source of infection in most of Europe.

In order to show the importance it attaches to its allies and the World Alliance, at the same time as the news broke, the Australasian government contacted the four major powers of the Allied Powers and all member states of the World Alliance, asking all governments to pay attention to it. Enough to destroy a country.

To be honest, after hearing the warning from Australasia, most countries, including Britain and France, have only one thought, and that is that the Australasians are crazy.

If there is really a flu with a very high fatality rate in Europe, it is impossible for these countries not to know about it, and it is impossible for Australasia to know about it first.

Even if the Australasian government's warnings are justified, not many countries have taken the flu that Australasia has exposed.

Some countries do not take it lightly, but after asking the relevant domestic medical institutions or research laboratories and getting the fact that there is indeed influenza, but without any fatal results, they safely put Australasia's warnings behind them.

Some countries have even publicly opposed Australasia's warning, believing that Australasia's words are groundless and have affected world peace and stability.

It is a serious damage to the world order, and it also damages the interests of the countries where the influenza transmission area exposed by Australasia is located.

As the saying goes, no tears will be shed when there is no coffin, even if there is such an outbreak of influenza, most countries dare not issue relevant orders easily.

Especially the complete closed-door policy like Australasia will seriously harm the interests of all major classes in the country, and even the government may be overthrown.

It is also impossible for countries to take immediate action because of Australasia's words. Unless the epidemic is already quite serious, such a major event is not in the government's hands.

European countries questioned the exposure of Australasia, and condemned Australasia for endangering the world order. At the same time, Arthur has ordered the government to distribute supplies and disinfectant to all people for free.

Masks have been mass-produced along with gas masks, and Australasia currently has a large stockpile of masks, just for this flu.

There are also a large number of gas masks prepared for frontline port and hospital workers, which can better protect against those flu viruses.

The exposure of the Australasian Academy of Sciences has caused quite a stir both at home and abroad, and most people in China still believe in the Australasian Academy of Sciences.

After all, the Australasian government has never done anything absurd until now, and the people are obviously more willing to believe in the government than the condemnation of foreign media.

Although the blockade of the port is not conducive to the lives of the people, most people have no opinion on this, and many people even think that they have such symptoms, and spontaneously go to the isolation point set up by the government where they are located.

The isolation point is actually very simple. Some are an independent building, which is temporarily requisitioned to become an isolation point for the city.

Some use a large number of tents as isolation points because they are too remote, but it is also possible to have one tent per person.

The materials at the isolation point are distributed on time every day, and the government is responsible for all the food, drink and toilet of the isolated people.

Although the news from the Royal Academy of Sciences may be alarmist, many people are still very worried about it, for fear that they will be infected with a disease with a high fatality rate.

In this regard, Arthur stepped forward in time to stabilize the order in Australasia.With the wartime state and control state implemented in China, Arthur said that it is to completely isolate the spread of the virus abroad.

In order to prevent the spread of influenza in Australasia, Arthur encouraged all people with symptoms to go to the isolation point to avoid spreading it to their family, friends and others.

Of course, this also specifically promises that the government will distribute enough supplies to everyone to ensure that in any state, the people will not be troubled by hunger.

For people who go to the isolation point, priority will be given to ensuring the living supplies of these people.

Once a real case of transmission is found, the royal family and the government will bear all medical expenses to ensure that the public will not look down on the doctor in the face of such a severe flu.

The day after Arthur stood up to comfort the people, the state and city governments distributed masks, disinfectant and some supplies to the people to ensure that people's lives would not be affected.

Although the external passages are closed, the circulation in major cities has not been affected, but Arthur requires everyone to wear a mask when entering public places to reduce the probability of spreading the virus to others and contracting the virus.

This also reflects the role of Arthur's high popularity and high prestige.Even if the people are dissatisfied with the government's policies, following Arthur's call, the vast majority of people have voluntarily worn masks when entering public places.

Some people who don't wear masks will be condemned by most people, so they can only go home in a panic and put on masks before going out.

It's not that there were people who refused to wear masks, but they were soon reported and invited to the local police station to have a cup of tea and eat for a few days.

At the same time, for all government personnel and workers, Arthur also requires masks to be worn during work and in public.

If it is really not suitable for the job of wearing a mask, the entire enterprise and factory will be isolated, and the government will distribute materials to the factory.

Such a system is somewhat based on the experience of later generations, but it can definitely play a very good defense against such a severe flu.

Australasia has a vast territory and sparse population, coupled with a relatively strict isolation system, although there is no guarantee that there will be no influenza cases, it can still be firmly believed that it will not be too seriously affected.

As for the economic losses caused by such isolation and blockade policies, there is nothing to be done. After all, a little economic loss is better than tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Under Arthur's call, all walks of life in Australasia also took action. It was completely different from the laughter and laughter abroad, as if they were in two worlds.

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